Wind-power machine



2 Sheets-.Sheet 1.

(o Model.)

' M. COLONEY.

WIND BOWER MACHINE.

Patented June 27, 1882.`

Patented June 27 N, PETERS, Phalo-uxhngmphor. washington, D. c.

UNITED STAT-Es l PATENT OFFICE.

MYRON COLONEY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

WIND-POWER MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,085, datedJ'une'27, 1882.

' Application tiled April 1B, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, MYRON-COLONEY, a citizenof the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented Improvements in Wind-PowerMachines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists ot'a wind-wheel formed of two wheels mounted upona hollow shaft, and connected by cross-bars at the outer eX- tremitiesof the spokes of said wheels. Upon the periphery of this frame are thesails or pockets, mounted upon wire frames and formed with triangularside flaps or gussets. These pockets are provided with stay-ropes, whichpass through the bottoms of the pockets and into the hollow shaft, wherethey unite with a cord passing down through theinterior of said shalt towithin convenient reach ot' the operator, a knob or handle beingattached to its lower end. By this arrangement a pull upon the centralcord will close all the pockets simultaneously and stop the revolutionof the wheel.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thewind-wheel. Fig.

3 is a perspective view of one ot' the pocketsA of the wind-Wheel.

Thewindwheel consistsof two simplewheels, A A, of metal or wood, betweenWhich,at the extremities of their arms, are canvas pockets B, stretchedupon wire frames hinged at b', so that they may collapse against theperiphery of the wheel under a back pressure, and under a front pressurewill be opened into radial position, as shown in Fig. 3, and on one sideot' the wheel represented in plan view in Fig. 2. The arrow a in Fig. 2shows the direction of the wind, and the arrow b the directionin whichthe wheel is rotated. Pockets l and 2 are wide, open and receiving thefull force of the wind,

the pocket 3 is commencing to open, the pock ets 4 and 5 are closed, butready to open in succession as the wheel rotates, the pocket 6 is nearlycollapsed, the pocket 7 is one-halt'45 collapsed, the pocket 8 is justbeginning to collapse as it comes under the eli'ect of the windagainstits back, while the pockets 9 and 10 are still wide open, beingon the leeward side of the wheel.

C C Vrepresent canvas gusset-pieces, forming the ends or sides of thepockets.

D D are stayropes limiting the opening of theA pockets to a radialposition, and passing down through the hollow shaft E, on which thewheel is keyed, to a position in convenient reach of the engineer oroperator, where they are attached to a knob or handle,D, by which thecords may be drawn down, so as to collapse all the pocketssimultaneously, and thus stop the rotation of the wheel. y

ln the said drawings I have shown my iinproved wind-wheel applied to anair-compressor and provided with a variable gear to compensate for theloss or gain ot' power due to a decrease orincrease in the velocity ot'thewind.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The horizontal wind-wheel constructed, as herein shown and described,with connected wheelsAA,gusseted pockets B,and staysD.

2. The horizontal wind-wheel constructed, as described, with connectedwheels A A, gusseted pockets B, and stays D, in combination with shaft Eand cord D', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

K MYRON COLON EY.

Vitnesses :V

A. P. CARPENTER, ROBERT SANDERsoN.

